I think too many people presume to read the divine Scriptures and fall into such terrors as this,' said Patricius sternly. 'Those who presume on their learning will learn, I trust, to listen to their priests for the true interpretations.' The Merlin smiled gently. 'I cannot join you in that wish, brother. I am dedicated to the belief that it is God's will that all men should strive for wisdom in themselves, not look to it from some other. Babes, perhaps, must have their food chewed for them by a nurse, but men may drink and eat of wisdom for themselves.
Marion Zimmer BradleyThe older I grow the more I become certain that it makes no difference what words we use to tell the same truths.
Marion Zimmer BradleyWhat wise God would consign a man to Hell for ignorance, instead of teaching him better in the afterlife?
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